Bubble gun



Dec. 26, 1944. c. H. HAGOPIAN BUBBLE GUN Filed Juiy 9, 1945 CHARLES H. $5M

Paul ATM lantern of bubbles.

tubes and spring hinge at 5-16 Fig.7.

Patented Dec. 26, 1944 3 BUBBLE GUN. bharles H. Hagopian, New York, N. Y; a a pl-ieatimuniys, 1943, Serial No. 494.0%

11 v Claims.

My invention relates to a device for blowing bubbles and particularly to bubbles of various formations... Among the purposes ando'biects' are to provide: a

A plurality of yieldingly held tubes which may be changed from parallel to a divergingrelationship to each other; l

A bubble blowing gun which will blowa plurality of unattached bubbles and byadjustment will blow. a cluster or. lantern of bubbles."

.An adjustable bubble blowing device.

Bubble pipes or tubes having their discharge ends movable toward and from each other.

A. mouth piececonnecting a pluralityof bub-. ble pipes or tubes which are yieldingly or swing.- ingly secured to the mouth piece and swingingly secured each to the other.

I accomplish these and other objects by'the construction herein. described and illustrated in of my device with the tubes in divergentrelation ship and theresultant delivery of bubbles.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the operation of my device with the tubes in contracted relationship and the resulting clusteror attached Fig. 4 is an end elevation showing, a plurality of tubes in'divergent relationship;

' Fig; 5 is an endelevationof the same plur lit of tubes contracted. v

Fig. 6 is an enlargeddetail and section of the Fig; 7 is a transverse section at 1-1, Fig. 1.

Similar reference characters refer. to similar.

parts throughout the severalviews of the drawing and in the specification to follow.

General description By the use of my improvemen-t "herein set forth,

. the changes in the variety of bubbles may be more quickly made and a greateryariety can be d'e'-.

livered by less experienced users. The relatively 1942, I have shown devices for blowing and also long tubes used also increase the number of bubbles which can be blown with a single application of bubblecompound such as soapwater or other liquid made for the purpose.

I have not attempted in this disclosure to show the numerous modifications which may be made .to carry out the underlying principles of my inin the art to which it pertains may see various ways of modifying the construction without departingfrom the underlying principles of my in vention. For instance, the mouth piece may be constructed of yielding material such as rubber, which will thus hold the tubes so that they may diverge from the mouth piece "and may also be contracted without springing the tubes. The

3 tubes. may be yieldingly securedto each other by elastic cement so that the ends of the tubes may serve'as a mouth piece. "Other means than-the sliding ring may also serve to vary the amount of I divergence of the tubes or to contract the free or discharge ends of the tubes.

The size and'number of tubes may vary from the three shown in thisdisclosure, and the mouth piece may vary in many ways such as tolength, shape and material. i

Detailed description and specification -f In the drawing, I have shown a mouth. piece I,

such as a ferrule of woodwhaving an. internal bore suitable at one. end: 2 to receive the ends 3 of .thus assume a normal position a considerable distance apart.

The hinge I is preferably disposed a distance substantially equal to the width of the sliding cylinder or ring 9 away from the end 2 of the mouth piece so that when the ring isadjacent themouth piece, the tubes will spread apart or Omsk:

diverge from the mouth piece. By sliding the ring along and over the plurality of tubes away from the mouth piece, the tubes are drawn together, overcoming the springy hinge 1.

The tubes may be drawn together at their free or discharge ends by merely sliding the ring and thus change the form and kind of bubbles blown.

The ends 8 of the tubes may be immersed for a considerable. distance in the bubble liquid, which forms a large quantity of bubbles when blown, a dozen or more bubbles may be discharged after a single immersion and the bubbles may vary in size from tiny spheres less than in diameter to large bubbles several inches in diameter, such as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawing. The velocity of air flow through the tubes controls the number and size of the bubbles.

By bringing the ends 8 of the tubes together as illustrated in Fig. 3, a cluster of attached bubbles may be formed and a string or lantern of bubbles may also be formed and projected into the'air. The arrangement and size of the bubbles may be controlled by the air flow through the tubes.

The mouth piece I, to which the tubes 4 are attached, may be varied in size and length, or otherwise modified as desired, and the means of spreading the ends 3 of the tubes may be modified in numerous ways to permit the ends of tubes to be drawn together or separated to provide the variety of bubbles my device is suited to form and discharge.

Having described and illustrated one construction in detail embodying my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is set forth in the appended claims.

. I claim:

1. In a bubble gun, a mouth piece, and a plurality of tubes having one of their ends connected to said mouth piece, said tubes having their opposite ends movable in relation to each other and means drawing said movable ends of said tubes together.

I 2. In a bubble gun, a mouth piece, and a plurality of tubes having one of their ends connected to said mouth piece, said tubes having their opposite ends movable in'relation to each other, and resilient means normally holding said movable ends in separated relationship and means contracting said movable ends toward each other.

3. In a bubble gun, a mouth piece, and a plurality of tubes having one of their endsconnected to said mouth piece, said tubes having their opposite ends movable in relation to each other, and resilient means normally holding said movable ends in separated relationship and a ring slidable on said tubes to draw said movable ends toward each other.

I 4. In a bubble making device, a plurality of tubes suitable to form bubbles, one end of said tubes being held in fixed close relation each to the other and the opposite ends of said tubes being movable each inrelation to the other and means near said fixed ends yieldingly hinging said tubes whereby the movable ends are held apart. v

5. In a bubble making device, a plurality of tubes suitable to form bubbles, one end of said tubes being held in close relation each to the other and the opposite ends of said tubes being tion from each other.

, 6. In a bubble making device, a plurality of tubes suitableto form bubbles, one end of said tubes being held in close relation each to the other and the opposite ends of said tubes being movable each to the other, means holding the 'movable ends of said tubes in separated relation from each other, and means holding said movable ends of said tubes in close relationship each to the other.

- 7. In a bubble gun, a plurality of tubes each having one of their ends connected to the others in a group, said tubes having their opposite ends free to move toward and from each other, means holding said movable ends apart.

8. In a bubble gun, a plurality of tubes each having one of their ends connected to the others in agroup, said tubes having their opposite ends free to move toward and from each other, means slidable along said tubes to change the spacing apart of the movable ends of said tubes.

9. In a bubble gun, a plurality of tubes each having one of their ends connected to the others in a group, said tubes having their opposite ends free to move toward and from each other, and resilient means normally holding said movable ends in separated relationship.

10. In a bubble making device, a plurality of tubes suitable to form bubbles, one end of each of said tubes being held in close relation each to the other and the opposite ends of said tubes being movable each to the other, means holding the movable ends of said tubes in separated relation from each other and means slidable over said tubes to change the relative position of said movable ends each to the other.

11. In a bubble gun, a plurality of tubes each having one end connected to the end of each of the other tubes in a group, each of said tubes having their opposite ends yieldingly movable in I relationship to formconnected bubbles or said movable ends may be separated and said tubes diverging to form separated bubbles.

CHARLES H. HAGOPIAN. 

